The Portuguese Desk is headed by António Francisco de Araújo Lima Cluny, who is the National Member for Portugal since October 2014.
In 2021, the Portuguese Desk was involved in 259 new cases, 9 coordination meetings, 2 coordination centres, and 1 joint investigation team.
António Francisco de Araújo Lima Cluny was appointed National Member for Portugal in October 2014. Following graduation, Mr Cluny served as a prosecutor in the Judicial Court of Cascais, and, for a short time until 1990, in the Criminal Court of Lisbon. He served as Chief Prosecutor in the Judicial Court of Sintra until 1992, and held the same role in the Judicial Court of Cascais until 1998. In 1998, he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor General on behalf of the Prosecutor General at the Supreme Courts: Court of Auditors.
José Luis Ferreira Trindade has been Deputy National Member for Portugal since September 2020. Before, he served as Assistant to the National Member for Portugal since July 2016. Mr Trindade has been in duty as Public Prosecutor since 1990 at different level of Public Prosecution Service. From 2005, he worked as Chief Prosecutor of a special unit in Coimbra devoted to investigations of organised economic and financial crime. He has also been involved in matters of international cooperation as a Contact Point of the European Judicial Network. Mr Trindade is member of the informal EU Asset Recovery Offices’ Platform.
Rita Cláudia Simões has been Assistant to the National Member for Portugal since September 2020.
What strikes you most about working at Eurojust?
I believe that the possibilities of the National Members to understand the different legal traditions and judiciary practices of European countries on a daily basis are the best contribution that Eurojust could provide to increase the necessary mutual trust between different countries’ judicial authorities.
Could you describe a case that you have supported and which had a particularly successful outcome?
I do not want to highlight any specific case. All the cases have allowed us to learn various aspects about each other’s legal systems. That is the most successful outcome of Eurojust’s working process: it facilitates judicial cooperation and criminal investigative coordination.
Which of the services and tools available through Eurojust do you consider most important for national judicial authorities – and why?
The coordination meetings are without a doubt the best and most innovative cooperation and coordination tool conceived by Eurojust. No other aspect of Eurojust’s work, tools or products is as useful or remarkable. That is not a personal opinion: this is what most practitioners who have participated in coordination meetings believe.
Casework tables
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New cases (total) - of which initiating - of which participating |
163 89 74 |
191 97 94 |
222 116 106 |
233 115 118 |
259 139 120 |
334 193 141 |
| Coordination meetings (initiating and/or participating) | 14 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| Coordination centres (organising and/or participating) | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Joint investigation teams (newly signed and/or ongoing) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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